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Direct linkCollins, Lauren W.; Zirkel, Perry A. – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2017
Functional behavior assessments (FBAs) and behavior intervention plans (BIPs) are critical components in the education of students with, or at risk for, emotional disturbance (ED). The purpose of this article is to compare the legal requirements with the professional requirements for FBAs and BIPs. The comparison is first according to the…
Descriptors: Functional Behavioral Assessment, Intervention, Positive Behavior Supports, Legal Responsibility
Murawski, Wendy W., Ed.; Scott, Kathy Lynn, Ed. – Corwin, 2017
Today's teachers, especially the many who work with students with special needs, are pressed to know a little something about everything. Expertise is needed in different content and pedagogical areas, but knowledge of different types of disabilities is required as well. Wendy Murawski and Kathy Lynn Scott have assembled another reader-friendly…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Students, Mathematics Instruction, Reading Instruction
Download full textOsher, David; Quinn, Mary Magee; Kendziora, Kimberly; Woodruff, Darren; Rouse, Gerald – 2002
This monograph introduces a series on youth with cognitive or behavioral disabilities and the juvenile justice system. The first section discusses the importance of prevention and early intervention to divert youth with disabilities from entering the justice system. It offers examples of such efforts and considers early and later intervention…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Court Litigation, Delinquency Prevention
Osborne, Allen G., Jr. – 1994
One of the more controversial issues that has come before the courts since the implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) concerns the imposition of disciplinary sanctions on students with disabilities. Because this issue is not directly addressed by the act, school administrators must turn to case law for guidance. This paper…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Disabilities
Lee, Barbara A.; Ruger, Peter H. – 1997
This pamphlet discusses the legal protections for employees with psychiatric disabilities, and analyzes the decisions of federal and state courts in cases where employees who claimed a psychiatric disorder challenged an employment decision under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, or state law. It…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Behavior Disorders, College Administration, College Faculty
Zirkel, Perry A. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2007
In this article, the author identifies and answers questions related to legal issues of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) in comparison with Section 504 or the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the NCLB. The author's answers to several questions concerning legal issues of IDEA are presented.
Descriptors: Legal Problems, Disabilities, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation
Thomason, Jo – 1994
This discussion addresses the legal issues in special education currently of critical concern to school administrators. It reviews outcomes of recent court cases, Department of Education policies, and legislative requirements concerning the following issues: (1) inclusion (a two-pronged test of compliance with mainstreaming requirements of the…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Disabilities
